"Carrie (musical) Carrie: The Musical is a musical with a book by Lawrence D. Cohen, lyrics by Dean Pitchford, and music by Michael Gore. Adapted from Stephen King's novel ""Carrie"", it focuses on an awkward teenage girl with telekinetic powers whose lonely life is dominated by an oppressive religious fanatic mother. When she is humiliated by her classmates at the high school prom, she unleashes chaos on everyone and everything in her path. Inspired by a 1981 performance of Alban Berg's opera ""Lulu"" at the Metropolitan Opera House, Lawrence D. Cohen, who wrote the script for the 1976 film version"
"Carrie (1952 film) Carrie is a 1952 feature film based on the novel ""Sister Carrie"" by Theodore Dreiser. Directed by William Wyler, the film stars Jennifer Jones in the title role and Laurence Olivier as Hurstwood. Eddie Albert played Charles Drouet. ""Carrie"" received two Academy Award nominations: Costume Design (Edith Head), and Best Art Direction (Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson, Emile Kuri). Around the turn of the century, Carrie Meeber (Jennifer Jones) leaves her family in a small rural town and heads to Chicago. On the train to Chicago, Charles Drouet (Eddie Albert) approaches her. Although Carrie is reluctant to speak"
"Carrie (novel) Carrie is an epistolary novel by American author Stephen King. It was his first published novel, released on April 5, 1974, with an approximate first print-run of 30,000 copies. Set primarily in the then-future year of 1979, it revolves around the eponymous Carrie White, an unpopular friendless misfit and bullied high school girl who uses her newly discovered telekinetic powers to exact revenge on those who torment her. While in this process, she causes one of the worst local disasters the town has ever had. King has commented that he finds the work to be ""raw"" and ""with"
"was based on King's first novel by the same name. De Palma was intrigued by the story and pushed for the studio to direct it while Spacek was encouraged by her husband to audition. It is the first of more than 100 film and television productions adapted from, or based on, the published works of King. ""Carrie"" was theatrically released on November 3, 1976 by United Artists. The film became a critical and commercial success, grossing over $33.8 million against its $1.8 million budget. It received two nominations at the 49th Academy Awards: Best Actress (for Spacek) and Best Supporting"
"is going to happen to them?"" David Thomson wrote in his entry for De Palma, ""There is a self-conscious cunning in De Palma's work, ready to control everything except his own cruelty and indifference."" Brian De Palma Brian Russell De Palma (born September 11, 1940) is an American film director and screenwriter. In a career spanning over 50 years, he is best known for his work in genres such as suspense, psychological thriller, and crime drama. His prominent films include mainstream box office hits such as ""Carrie"" (1976), ""Dressed to Kill"" (1980), ""Scarface"" (1983), ""The Untouchables"" (1987), and """" (1996),"
"escapist entertainment to take their minds off the Cold War. The film was screened as part of the 13th Venice Film Festival official program. The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists: Carrie (1952 film) Carrie is a 1952 feature film based on the novel ""Sister Carrie"" by Theodore Dreiser. Directed by William Wyler, the film stars Jennifer Jones in the title role and Laurence Olivier as Hurstwood. Eddie Albert played Charles Drouet. ""Carrie"" received two Academy Award nominations: Costume Design (Edith Head), and Best Art Direction (Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson, Emile Kuri). Around the turn of"
"novel undermined the general consensus that hard work and virtue bring success in life. Though Dreiser has been criticized for his writing style and lack of formal education, ""Sister Carrie"" remains an influential example of naturalism and realism. While it initially did not sell well (fewer than 500 copies) and encountered censorship, it is now considered one of the great American urban novels, which explores the gritty details of human nature, as well as how the process of industrialization affected the American people. Laurence Olivier and Jennifer Jones starred in the 1952 film version, ""Carrie"", directed by William Wyler. The"
"Playwright Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa wrote the script as ""a more faithful adaptation"" of King's novel but shared a screenplay credit with the 1976 film's writer Lawrence D. Cohen. Aguirre-Sacasa had previously adapted King's epic novel ""The Stand"" into comic-book form in 2008. The role of Carrie was played by 16-year-old actress Chloë Grace Moretz. Julianne Moore starred as Carrie's mother Margaret White, and Gabriella Wilde as Sue Snell. Alex Russell and Broadway actor Ansel Elgort played Billy Nolan and Tommy Ross respectively. Portia Doubleday was given the role of Chris Hargensen and Judy Greer was cast as Miss Desjardin. Kimberly Peirce,"
"Carrie White in ""Carrie"", a made-for-TV remake of Brian De Palma's 1976 classic, and headlined Tobe Hooper's ""Toolbox Murders"", an in-name-only remake of an obscure 1970s horror film. She also starred in the crime thriller ""Scar"". She had a guest role on the TV show ""Dexter's"" fifth season as Emily Birch, the first victim of Jordan Chase. Angela Bettis Angela Marie Bettis (born January 9, 1973) is an American film and stage actress, film producer, and director best known for her lead roles in the 2002 TV adaptation of the Stephen King novel ""Carrie"", the title character in ""May"" (2002),"
"Carrie White Carrietta N. ""Carrie"" White is the title character and protagonist of American author Stephen King's first published 1974 horror novel, ""Carrie"". In every adaptation and portrayal of ""Carrie"", she is portrayed as a high school outcast, loathed, taunted, scorned, insulted, slandered, confronted, and verbally and physically abused by students and her mother Margaret White, an abusive, and unstable religious fanatic. At the age of sixteen, she has her first menstrual period in the showers at school, accidentally bursting a light bulb with her telekinetic and telepathic abilities. After being humiliated in front of the entire school during the"
"Lawrence D. Cohen Lawrence D. Cohen is an American screenwriter and producer, best known for his work on Brian De Palma's ""Carrie"" (1976), an adaptation of Stephen King's novel. Following this he scripted a simplified film adaptation of Peter Straub's novel ""Ghost Story"" in 1981. His output has been infrequent, but he has helped in adapting two other King novels to television, ""It"" in 1990 and ""The Tommyknockers"" in 1993. In 2006 he wrote a segment for the TV series """". In 1981, Cohen began to work on a musical adaptation of ""Carrie (novel)"", which premiered in 1988 on Broadway"
"a surprising power to hurt and horrify."" It is one of the most frequently banned books in United States schools. Much of the book uses newspaper clippings, magazine articles, letters, and excerpts from books to tell how Carrie destroyed the fictional town of Chamberlain, Maine while exacting revenge on her sadistic classmates and her own mother Margaret. Several adaptations of ""Carrie"" have been released, including a 1976 feature film, a 1988 Broadway musical as well as a 2012 off-Broadway revival, a , a 2002 television film, and a 2013 feature film. The book is dedicated to King's wife Tabitha: ""This"
"Carey 93. The Book of Laughter and Forgetting Milan Kundera 94. Haroun and the Sea of Stories Salman Rushdie 95. LA Confidential James Ellroy 96. Wise Children Angela Carter 97. Atonement Ian McEwan 98. Northern Lights Philip Pullman 99. American Pastoral Philip Roth 100. Austerlitz W. G. Sebald 1. 1. The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan (1678) 2. Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe (1719) 3. Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift (1726) 4. Clarissa by Samuel Richardson (1748) 5. Tom Jones by Henry Fielding (1749) 6. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne (1759) 7. Emma by"
"Kate Langley Bosher Kate Langley Bosher (February 1, 1865 – July 27, 1932) was an American novelist from Virginia, best known for her novels ""Mary Cary"" (1910) and ""Miss Gibbie Gault"" (1911). Kate Langley was born in Norfolk, Virginia to Charles H. and Portia V. Langley in 1865. She graduated from the Norfolk College for Young Ladies in 1882. She married Charles Gideon Bosher in 1887. She was an ""ardent suffragist"", actively involved in relief work during World War I, and also worked for orphans' welfare. ""Mary Cary"" was adapted to film in the 1921 silent feature ""Nobody's Kid"" starring"
"Sister Carrie Sister Carrie (1900) is a novel by Theodore Dreiser about a young country girl who moves to the big city where she starts realizing her own American Dream, first as a mistress to men that she perceives as superior, and later becoming a famous actress. It has been called the ""greatest of all American urban novels"". Dissatisfied with life in her rural Wisconsin home, 18-year-old Caroline ""Sister Carrie"" Meeber takes the train to Chicago, where her older sister Minnie, and Minnie's husband, Sven Hanson, have agreed to take her in. On the train, Carrie meets Charles Drouet, a"
"New American Library bought the paperback rights for $400,000, which, according to King's contract with Doubleday, was split between them. King eventually resigned from the teaching job after receiving the publishing payment. The hardback sold a mere 13,000 copies; the paperback, released a year later, sold over 1 million copies in its first year. The first adaption of ""Carrie"" was a feature film of the same name, released in 1976. Screenwritten by Lawrence D. Cohen and directed by Brian De Palma, the film starred Sissy Spacek as Carrie, along with Piper Laurie as Margaret, Amy Irving as Sue, Nancy Allen"
"Nancy Allen (actress) Nancy Anne Allen (born June 24, 1950) is an American actress and anti-cancer activist best known for her roles in the films ""Carrie"" (1976), ""RoboCop"" (1987), and ""Dressed to Kill"" (1980), the last of which earned her a Golden Globe nomination. Allen began an acting and modeling career as a child, and from the mid-1970s appeared in small film roles, most notably the anchor of Robert Zemeckis' ensemble comedy ""I Wanna Hold Your Hand"" (1978) and in Steven Spielberg's 1979 comedy ""1941"". A pivotal supporting role in ""Carrie"" (1976) brought her recognition, and after marrying the director"
"The Carrie Diaries The Carrie Diaries is a young adult novel, the first in a series of the same name by American author Candace Bushnell. The series is a prequel to Bushnell's 1997 collection ""Sex and the City"", and follows the character of Carrie Bradshaw during her senior year of high school during the early 1980s and part of her life in New York City working as a writer. The ""Los Angeles Times"" described it as ""[a]n addictive, ingenious origin story."" ""The Carrie Diaries"" focuses on Carrie Bradshaw, a high-school student who lives in Castleberry, Connecticut. Carrie is followed through"
"Rita Desjardin Miss Rita L. Desjardin is a fictional character created by American author Stephen King in his first published 1974 horror novel, ""Carrie"". In the 1976 film adaptation, the character was renamed Miss Collins and portrayed by Betty Buckley. In the 2002 and 2013 versions, she has been played by Rena Sofer and Judy Greer. She was renamed Miss Gardner in the musical and portrayed by Darlene Love (1988), and Carmen Cusack (2012). As the story begins, Miss Desjardin secretly feels the same disgust everyone at Ewen High School feels for Carrie White. However, when she witnesses Carrie being"
"Karoline Leach Karoline Leach (born 20 July 1967) is a British playwright and author, best known for her book ""In the Shadow of the Dreamchild"" (), which re-examines the life of Lewis Carroll (pseudonym of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson), the author of ""Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"". This book and her subsequent work on what she terms the ""Carroll Myth"" have been major sources of upheaval and controversy in recent years and she has produced very polarized responses from Carroll scholars and lay enthusiasts. Leach was born in Liverpool. She studied acting and worked as both actor and director in British theatre"
"Brian De Palma Brian Russell De Palma (born September 11, 1940) is an American film director and screenwriter. In a career spanning over 50 years, he is best known for his work in genres such as suspense, psychological thriller, and crime drama. His prominent films include mainstream box office hits such as ""Carrie"" (1976), ""Dressed to Kill"" (1980), ""Scarface"" (1983), ""The Untouchables"" (1987), and """" (1996), as well as cult favorites such as ""Sisters"" (1973), ""Blow Out"" (1981), ""Body Double"" (1984), ""Carlito's Way"" (1993), and ""Femme Fatale"" (2002). De Palma is often cited as a leading member of the New"
"Actress (for Laurie). It is widely cited by critics and audience members alike as the best adaption of the novel amongst the numerous films and television shows based on the character, as well as one of the best films based on King's publications. The film has had a significant influence on popular culture. Several publications have regarded it as one of the greatest horror films of all time. In 2008, ""Carrie"" was ranked 86th on ""Empire""'s list of The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time. It was ranked 15th on ""Entertainment Weekly""'s list of the 50 Best High School Movies,"
"book that did not receive a major contemporary award when it was originally published twenty years earlier. The award is named after the mythical bird phoenix, which is reborn from its ashes, to suggest the book's rise from obscurity. ""Carrie's War"" has been adapted twice for television by the BBC, first in 1974, and then again in 2004. The original 1974 version starred Juliet Waley as Carrie, and Rosalie Crutchley as Hepzibah. The more recent 2004 BBC television film version (broadcast in America on PBS – Masterpiece Theatre in 2006) starred Keeley Fawcett as Carrie, Alun Armstrong as Mr Evans,"
"to negative reviews and closed after only 16 previews and 5 performances. In 2012, the musical was revived Off Broadway for a limited engagement at the ""Lucille Lortel Theatre"" (with Cohen revising the book). The second production was better received than the original. Lawrence D. Cohen Lawrence D. Cohen is an American screenwriter and producer, best known for his work on Brian De Palma's ""Carrie"" (1976), an adaptation of Stephen King's novel. Following this he scripted a simplified film adaptation of Peter Straub's novel ""Ghost Story"" in 1981. His output has been infrequent, but he has helped in adapting two"
"1974 novel ""Carrie"" was released directed by Brian De Palma. The psychic thriller ""Carrie"" is seen by some as De Palma's bid for a blockbuster. In fact, the project was small, underfunded by United Artists, and well under the cultural radar during the early months of production, as Stephen King's source novel had yet to climb the bestseller list. De Palma gravitated toward the project and changed crucial plot elements based upon his own predilections, not the saleability of the novel. The cast was young and relatively new, though Sissy Spacek and John Travolta had gained attention for previous work"
"Carrie Nation. Hoover, who was the F.B.I. director at the time the story was written, ""was vigorous in his moral judgments,"" and Nation fought alcohol. Her message is also present in the story, as Nancy is convinced that alcohol, or more precisely gin, is the worst drug of all. The story was originally published in ""Playboy"" in January 1968, and some of the aspects discussed seem to be written right for this very readership. Written at the peak of the sexual revolution during the so-called Sexy Sixties, the story was highly topical at that time. It was also that year"
"fascinating insight into how Third World families live with, and somehow survive, their poverty"". Taylor Dibbert of ""International Policy Digest"" added ""It’s not hard to understand why this work has received such high praise. This is an honest story of pain, struggle, hope and love. He concludes the book on a reflective note... Brierley’s journey is inspirational and deeply moving; it’s another reminder of how potent passion and the human spirit actually are"". In 2016, the book was adapted into major international feature film ""Lion"", directed by Garth Davis and starring Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman and Rooney Mara. The film"
"Margaret White (Carrie) Margaret White (née Brigham) is a fictional character created by American author Stephen King in his first published 1974 horror novel, ""Carrie"", where she is the main villain. In every adaptation and portrayal of the character, she is the abusive and fanatically religious mother of Carrie White, who has the power of telekinesis, and thinks almost everything, especially related to the female body and sex, is sinful. Margaret White was the fictional counterpart to Augusta Gein, the mother of Wisconsin graverobber/murderer Ed Gein. In the novel, Margaret is an overweight, formerly beautiful, Christian woman who always dresses"
"as Margot and Roddy McDowall as Inspector Hubbard. It was run from September 26, 1995, to March 10, 1996, and directed by Edward Hastings. Nancy Allen (actress) Nancy Anne Allen (born June 24, 1950) is an American actress and anti-cancer activist best known for her roles in the films ""Carrie"" (1976), ""RoboCop"" (1987), and ""Dressed to Kill"" (1980), the last of which earned her a Golden Globe nomination. Allen began an acting and modeling career as a child, and from the mid-1970s appeared in small film roles, most notably the anchor of Robert Zemeckis' ensemble comedy ""I Wanna Hold Your"
"Carrie Pilby (film) Carrie Pilby is a 2016 American comedy-drama film directed by Susan Johnson and written by Kara Holden and Dean Craig, based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Caren Lissner. The film stars Bel Powley, Nathan Lane, Gabriel Byrne, Jason Ritter, William Moseley, Vanessa Bayer, and Colin O'Donoghue. Principal photography began on December 14, 2015, in New York City. It was screened in the Special Presentations section at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival. The film was given a limited release on March 31, 2017, before being released through video on demand on April 4,"
"Sellers. In 2017, the book was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Related Work and won the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album. The Princess Diarist The Princess Diarist is a 2016 memoir written by Carrie Fisher, based on diaries she kept as a young woman around the time she starred in the 1977 film ""Star Wars"". The book is the third memoir Fisher wrote, in addition to four novels and a one-woman Broadway show. It is Fisher's final book, as she died five weeks after its release on December 27, 2016. The book describes Fisher's affair with"
"for a second episode, but NBC had no interest on it, so MGM ended their deal. In Fuller's opinion, ""the network [n]ever intended to do a series, they were just playing the studio"". Another remake based on the ""Carrie"" novel and the 1976 film was released in 2013. Directed by Kimberly Peirce and starring Chloë Grace Moretz, it was created after producers felt the 2002 version did not capture modern bullying. However, film critics like ""The Hollywood Reporter"" found the 2002 version to be more faithful to the original novel. Carrie (2002 film) Carrie is a 2002 American supernatural horror"
"office. In October 2013, she played the demented mother Margaret White in ""Carrie"", an adaptation of Stephen King's horror novel. Coming 37 years after Brian De Palma's well-known take on the book, Moore stated that she wanted to make the role her own. By drawing on King's writing rather than the 1976 film, Mick LaSalle of the ""San Francisco Chronicle"" wrote that she managed to ""[suggest] a history – one never told, just hinted at – of serious damage in [Margaret's] past"". Although the film was a box office success, it was generally considered an unsuccessful and unnecessary adaptation. At"